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The Fortune is a 1975 American black comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Adrien Joyce focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heiress, played by Stockard Channing in her first film starring role.
Oct 16, 1975 · The Fortune: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Stockard Channing, Florence Stanley. Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.
Dec 11, 2008 · Fortune, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Knocked For A Loop Dopey Oscar (Jack Nicholson) meets hung-over heiress Freddie (Stockard Channing), who doesn't remember marrying him, and scheming Nicky (Warren Beatty), who hired him to stand-in, on the train on the morning after in The Fortune, 1975.
Summaries. Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder. The early 1900s with its Mann Act (disallowing women to be transported across state lines for immoral reasons) brings a married man to devise a scheme for taking his upper-class girlfriend away with him.
'The Fortune' is a crime comedy, centred around the dubious exploits of two 1920s conmen, promisingly played by Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty. Their job is to cheat a wealthy woman out of her fortune, and the film starts off positively.
The Fortune PG 1975 1 hr. 28 min. Comedy List 36% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 34% 250+ Ratings Audience Score In the 1920s, it is against the law to transport a woman across state lines for "immoral...
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Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson star in this black comedy directed by Mike Nichols, about two inept scam artists in the 1920s who try to get the fortune of an heiress (Stockard Channing, in her first film).
